One Piece: Starting by Rejecting Red-Hair's Invitation

Lin Mo set up his fishing gear with practiced ease, then sat on a relatively clean rock and focused on fishing.

Kaku stayed beside him, even preparing himself for a fight to the death.

Yet half an hour passed, and Lin Mo caught two fish over thirty centimeters long before casting his line into the sea for the third time.

Kaku finally asked quietly, "Captain Lin Mo, did you ask me to come fishing because you had something to tell me?"

"No," Lin Mo said casually.

"Huh? You don't?" Kaku was a little skeptical. "Don't you prefer fishing alone? What made you ask me to join you today?"

"I'm in a good mood."

"Huh? A good mood?" Kaku froze, then didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

What kind of reason was that?

Just because he was in a good mood, he'd made me come along scared out of my wits?

That was far too frivolous...

Besides, Lin Mo's moods were utterly baffling. They changed without warning, making him impossible to read.

Could this inexplicable good mood be because Red-Hair and his crew left today?

Suddenly remembering how Lin Mo had insisted on leaving Red-Hair's Den Den Mushi in his care, Kaku actually began to believe his own theory.

Over the next two hours, they still barely spoke, but Kaku's initial anxiety gradually faded.

Looking at the nearly full bucket of fish, Kaku spoke up. "Captain Lin Mo, there's almost no room left in the bucket."

Lin Mo glanced back at the bucket. Without much thought, he reeled in his line, deftly packed away his fishing gear, then stood. "Let's head back."

"Okay." Kaku picked up the bucket of fish without being asked and walked beside Lin Mo. "I think we could prepare some tea and snacks next time, so